Patrick Lindley (@launchpat) profile picture

Science advocate. Flight, bicycle, space, and transportation enthusiast. Critical/skeptical free thinker. Nature and bird lover. Amateur astronomer. Atheist.

Joined August 2010
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Replying to @Boenau
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So, guys pushing themselves up and down hills in all kinds of shit weather, staring down violent death from careless drivers at every turn, using only their muscles and lungs, are the weak “incels” while this dipshit, moving his foot from side to side in his car, is the real man.
#carspreading is a new buzzword being tossed around by pedalphiles. It refers to large SUVs taking up more and more space on the road. Like #manspreading Masculine men take up space. Weak, effeminate and submissive men do not. Drivers - never apologize for taking the lane. YOU ARE ENTITLED TO IT!
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People will (straight-faced) say "just take 2 minutes to walk the long way" but lose their mind in rage if they are asked to spend 2 more minutes in their car. Crazy.
Homie thinks that people will walk more if you have fewer crossings. Imagine if he applied the same logic to roads and driving.
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Replying to @thepawmic
hey dude, just wanted to say I think it’s really lazy and lame to repost an artist’s work without tagging them for some quick elonbucks! (This is my cartoon, plenty more like it on my page. Would appreciate if you edited your post, since you’re paying for that feature!)
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One way to improve street safety:
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Happy Bike Month to everyone who helps make space for people to ride bikes.
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"That subsidy is different!" Every day. 🤦‍♂️
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Induced demand at its finest. And proof that if we tore down the central freeway the sky wouldn't come with it. I-80 closed all weekend and 101 never backed up past Potrero Hill. When you remove the road, the cars disappear.
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CAR CULTURE every day on this site and IRL. "I follow the rules of the road. I mean, not the rules about 🤷‍♂️ speed 🤷‍♂️ tailgating 🤷‍♂️ traffic lights 🤷‍♂️ passing cyclists 🤷‍♂️ yielding at crosswalks 🤷‍♂️ or texting while driving. But I basically follow the rules of the road."
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People do not cause congestion, cars do. Get rid of the cars, get rid of the congestion. Simple.
Replying to @jen_keesmaat
Keesmaat helped create the congestion ness was by jamming 700,000 more people into the city. Plan call for 1.5 million more people so that the developers/speculators can take more $ to the bank. Now they want to tax us more?? Why do we have to live in a crowded chaotic city?
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"Bicycles take up too much space."
Replying to @Boenau
interesting thing about cyclists... No friends, no passengers, no kids, no shopping, no luggage, no flat-pack furniture, nothing other than themselves. Rather selfish of them to hog half the road don;t you think?
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"Residents won't use bikes or scooters." "Commuters won't use bikes or scooters." "Tourists won't use bikes or scooters." And then something magical happens when you create a network of bike lanes. 👀
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IF "it's important to consider the systemic issues" THEN Understand decades of people receiving slaps on the wrist for causing death & destruction has contributed to a terrible safety culture. Without severe consequences, people are more likely to drive recklessly. Or continue driving long after they should.
Replying to @SlopHq
I do think it’s important to consider the systemic issues that led to this. Throwing an 81 year old lady in prison for an accident does nothing to prevent it from happening again. Plus it’s cruel.
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This study: bike lanes are good for business. That study: bike lanes are good for business. And another study: bike lanes are good for business. Americans: we need another study.
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Replying to @elonmusk
Atheism has just one aim A response to any deity claim A skeptics quest to support belief Repeatedly fails and that's my beef To "choose belief" one cannot do Without admitting that it isn't true And that's why Musk writes poetry Because he's failed epistemology
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What is Wrong With You?
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Absolutely correct 💯
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Elon’s trans daughter Vivian absolutely and brutally dismantling him
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still trying to reach the goal for my comics legal fund 💕 fighting on and feeling hopeful x gofundme.com/f/alexnorrisleg…
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